User`s manual

Universal PCI Board Software Installation
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Windows XP/2003 supports up to 256 serial ports, from COM1 to COM256. Moxa developed pure 32 and 64-bit
Windows device drivers in order to fully utilize the advanced multi-process and multi-thread features of
Windows XP/2003. The drivers conform to the Win32 COMM API standard.
Installing the Driver
The following instructions show how to install the driver for the first time under Windows XP. The same
procedure is used for Windows 2003. You will need to plug the board in an available PCI or PCI-X slot first,
before installing the driver.
ATTENTION
The following steps will not be necessary if a Moxa UPCI board was already installed on your
computer.
Windows will automatically detect and
install any additional board(s) at bootup. In this case, you may proceed
directly to
configuring the ports.
Note that these instructions use the CP-118U as an example. The procedure for installing all models is the
same.
1. After the board is physically installed and the PC boots up, Windows will automatically detect the new board.
The Found New Hardware Wizard window will open automatically. When prompted to connect to Windows
Update, select. No, not this time and click Next to continue.